What are you smoking?
Cocked and safety off?
What area do you hunt in?
I'll make sure never to hunt there!!!
Personally I hunt with a round chambered and the safety on, in the woods I don't know why anyone would hunt any other way.
what method and condition do you carry?
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What are you smoking?
Cocked and safety off?
What area do you hunt in?
I'll make sure never to hunt there!!!
Personally I hunt with a round chambered and the safety on, in the woods I don't know why anyone would hunt any other way.
I'm not the only one who answered that. And I feel trigger and muzzle control is far more important than a mechanical safety. Like I said, I do use my safety if the situation dictates. But if I'm in a patch of brush that holds grouse etc. I want to be ready to go. If I'm travelling between stands, theres nothing in the chamber, safety on. If I'm in a blind theres a round in the chamber and the safety on. I'll have to ask my dad how he never shot anyone
notsorichguy
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I'm not the only one who answered that. And I feel trigger and muzzle control is far more important than a mechanical safety. Like I said, I do use my safety if the situation dictates. But if I'm in a patch of brush that holds grouse etc. I want to be ready to go. If I'm travelling between stands, theres nothing in the chamber, safety on. If I'm in a blind theres a round in the chamber and the safety on. I'll have to ask my dad how he never shot anyone
x2!!!
I have been hunting for over 20 yrs...... I've never had a gun just up and decide to fire unless I was squeezing the trigger!
I have a couple of nice trophies on my wall that wouldn't be there if I had not been in condition one! I have a bunch more that aren't there because I was out with my chamber empty and my rifle slung!
quackquackbang
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- Newfoundland
Mag full, chamber empty!! Im sure i can put one up in the chamber fast enough to get a shot but if i cant oh well i guess that animal will live another day!
Suka
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Personally I won't hunt with anyone who walks around with one up the spout, and I don't trust a safety.
I'd suggest if you're hunting an area with tight quarters and don't think you can cycle your bolt fast enough, buy a lever.
Although I can understand if you're sitting alone in a blind or treestand and having one chambered, safety on, but I'd clear the gun before moving.
I'd suggest if you're hunting an area with tight quarters and don't think you can cycle your bolt fast enough, buy a lever.
Although I can understand if you're sitting alone in a blind or treestand and having one chambered, safety on, but I'd clear the gun before moving.
Hunting conditions differ, if you moved through the woods in N.B. with an empty chamber while hunting whitetails you are going to miss opportunities.
I can't believe the amount of people who actually hunt with a round chambered and the safety off. Have you ever taken any safety training?
Regardless of how careful you are, all it takes is a slip or a tree branch in the triggerguard or even simply cold fingers for a tragedy to occur.
The safety should be released as you shoulder you gun to fire, that's the way most are designed even older levers where the half #### notch is the safety.
- Location
- Saskatchewan
Again, depends on what I'm using.
Shotgun. Round in chamber and safety off for upland.
45/70 Guide Gun. Round in chamber, safety off, uncocked.
Savage bolt action. Round in chamber, safety on the middle selector that allows the bolt to move freely but won't allow it to fire.
Shotgun. Round in chamber and safety off for upland.
45/70 Guide Gun. Round in chamber, safety off, uncocked.
Savage bolt action. Round in chamber, safety on the middle selector that allows the bolt to move freely but won't allow it to fire.
I use several slung barrel up strong side or slung barrel down weak side are the most common ways for me to carry.
If I am hunting there is a bullet in the chamber safety on over 90% of the time the other % is unloaded chamber with bolt open.
If I am hunting there is a bullet in the chamber safety on over 90% of the time the other % is unloaded chamber with bolt open.
Several years ago, a couple of guys I know in Newfoundland went out hunting for black bear. one was using an 8mm mauser, and when they came upon a cutline for the power lines, they saw a bear about 400 or 450 yards away. He cocked his gun and we began the stalk. They got to the area where the bear was, and spent the next half hour looking for it. After they concluded they wouldn't find the bear, they continued onwards. My friend put the safety on the loaded rifle and continued walking. They eventually came to a heavily wooded area and while going through the thick brush, his rifles safety was dis-engaged by (we assume) a branch or something he rubbed against, because a couple of minutes later, a thicker sized stick caught his trigger (while holding the rifle with both hands nearly horizontal) and set off the gun. He shot his friend in the hip and it was quite troublesome for the 2 guys to get him back to a hospital. (due to the distance from the road, and that his hip was broken and movement was slow, plus bleeding was pretty good).
Anyhow, for that reason alone, I leave my gun loaded but chamber empty. It only takes half a second to get the chamber filled, and if that means the difference between getting an animal or not, I guess it wasn't meant to be. I wont rely on mechanical safeties because ANYTHING can fail. Thats just me. Too safety conscious I guess.
Anyhow, for that reason alone, I leave my gun loaded but chamber empty. It only takes half a second to get the chamber filled, and if that means the difference between getting an animal or not, I guess it wasn't meant to be. I wont rely on mechanical safeties because ANYTHING can fail. Thats just me. Too safety conscious I guess.
x2!!!
I have been hunting for over 20 yrs...... I've never had a gun just up and decide to fire unless I was squeezing the trigger!
I have a couple of nice trophies on my wall that wouldn't be there if I had not been in condition one! I have a bunch more that aren't there because I was out with my chamber empty and my rifle slung!
Deer getting away, or a slip and a bullet through your brain...Your call, if only obviously....
I know which one is more important to me.
Pudelpointer
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Piss poor muzzle control is the main issue here. When walking with someone else you NEVER let muzzle direction point towards them - or you - or the dog - etc. Yes he would not have been shot if guy 1 had not had his gun loaded, but, you are assuming that the guy who shot his friend had ACTUALLY put his rifle on safe, or did he think he did, or did he say he did because he felt like s**t for shooting his friend?
When traveling through thick, on not so thick, brush I always unsling my firearm and carry forwards if I am first, or backwards if I am last, and cover the trigger with my palm to keep those pesky twiggys out. I do the latter even if I am by myself. I have never had an AD, though I have had a slung rifle come off safe before, but then again, that is why I check the safety some 100 times a day.
Pretty hard to control the muzzle, when you take a header and your rifle comes out of your hands...
I think a lot of guys here (especially the ones wandering around hot with the safety off) think they'll never fall down or slip or trip....I also think that its only a matter of time before they do slip or trip or fall...And may you be able to reconcile it in your mind after you've had a negligent discharge.....
I think a lot of guys here (especially the ones wandering around hot with the safety off) think they'll never fall down or slip or trip....I also think that its only a matter of time before they do slip or trip or fall...And may you be able to reconcile it in your mind after you've had a negligent discharge.....
If I am hunting/carrying a firearm with others near me we all carry empty chamber closed actions safeties off unless we are tracking a grizzly into the thickest cr@p you can imagine then the chambers are loaded, fingers outside of the trigger guard and safeties are off.
Guess its just me that can walk and chew gum at the same time...
If a guy can't flick off a safety while inserting his finger into a trigger guard walking up a wounded grizzly when nerves are jangling then I'd want that guy to stay out of the brush.....
If a guy can't flick off a safety while inserting his finger into a trigger guard walking up a wounded grizzly when nerves are jangling then I'd want that guy to stay out of the brush.....
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- Northern Ontario, Canada
I hunt with a bolt-action and I've always had my chamber empty until I see something to shoot at (magazine loaded, safety is still on regardless). Trigger and muzzle control are always paramount. If you can't handle cycling the bolt when you see game, you shouldn't be hunting.
I'm big on safety, and avoid those who aren't.
I'm big on safety, and avoid those who aren't.
Haven't gone in after too many grizzlies have you...
Best safety in the world doesn't make a firearms any safer than keeping our finger off the trigger but then again I actually go in after grizzlies and know how to use a firearm safely...
